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18 <br /> plan overlay category - the University Lake Watershed Area - and <br /> alternative development patterns based on the recommended options <br /> contained in the University Lake Watershed Study. ] <br /> F. Amend Section VII Overview of Implementation Strategies by <br /> rewriting the last paragraph of the subsection "Sewer and Water <br /> Extension Policy" to read as follows: <br /> The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) is the provider of <br /> water and sewer in the Joint Planning Area. OWASA policy is to <br /> extend water and sewer in accordance with the adopted policies of <br /> the applicable local governments . Current Orange County policy is <br /> to approve water and sewer extensions generally only to recognized <br /> Transition Areas, and, outside of Transition Areas, to approve <br /> extensions of water or sewer systems only to provide service to an <br /> essential public service, such as a school, or to remedy a public <br /> health emergency, such as a failing septic tank or failing package <br /> treatment plant. <br /> Refinements to this policy have been recommended as part of Joint <br /> Planning Area implementation strategies . Under consideration <br /> currently is a temporary prohibition on public water extensions in <br /> University Lake watershed until a study can be undertaken of the <br /> advisability of extending such service. Furthermore, either an <br /> out-right prohibition or a temporary prohibition on public sewer <br /> extensions appears likely, excepting sewer service extensions to <br /> remedy a public health emergency. If a temporary prohibition is <br /> adopted, the provision of sewer service in the watershed would be <br /> reconsidered following a study regarding the advisability of such <br /> extensions . <br /> [The proposed amendment is provided to reflect current County <br /> policy and identify refinements being contemplated by the Joint <br /> Planning Area jurisdictions. ] <br /> The proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement is as follows: <br /> 1 . Amend the definition of "Rural Buffer" in Section 1 .2 Definitions <br /> by deleting the reference to the "overlay district designated <br /> Water Quality Critical Area" and substituting "overlay district <br /> designated University Lake Watershed Area" . <br /> [The proposed amendment provides consistency between the proposed <br /> wording of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan Text as described <br /> above and the Joint Planning Agreement. ] <br />